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A Festival of Russian Ballet

Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch

28/10/2011 - 13/11/2011

"A festival of music, movement and colour..

"Audience declares evening a resounding success..

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The Meridian Season of The Sleeping Beauty

Palmerston North, Dunedin, Wellington, Napier, Invercargill, Auckland

28/10/2011 - 04/12/2011

"A feast of virtuoso dance..

"Truly first rate pure escapism..

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Rise - Java Dance Company

Wellington

22/10/2011 - 05/11/2011

"Connecting all the senses..

"Flour, treacle water -- a finely negotiated balance..

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Love’s Labour’s Lost

Wellington

26/10/2011 - 04/11/2011

"A delight of dichotomies..

"Energy, fun and some inconsistency..

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On The Upside-Down of the World

Auckland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Hamilton, Tauranga, NYC, USA, Nelson, Wanaka, Christchurch, Wellington

01/07/2011 - 25/08/2014

"Interrogating multiple selves..

"Sweet, heartfelt and tenderly funny star performance..

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A THOUSAND HILLS

Auckland

20/10/2011 - 23/11/2013

"Multiple narratives effortlessly weave a clear and distinct course..

"“A distillation of love from the crucible of Hell”..

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Rita and Douglas

Queenstown, Wellington, Tauranga, Dunedin, Wanaka, Auckland, Nelson

12/04/2011 - 12/04/2014

"Poignant and elegantly told..

"Deeply insightful..

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C’Mon Black!

Wellington, Wanaka, Tauranga

13/04/2011 - 27/10/2011

"A stereotype in three dimensions..

"Far from being just a game..

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2 Dimensional Life of Her

Wanaka, Tauranga, Wellington, Auckland

21/03/2011 - 22/02/2012

"New Performance, New Dimensions..

"A charming, fresh approach to mixed-media work..

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Drowning in Veronica Lake

Hamilton, Wellington, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Auckland, Dunedin

22/02/2011 - 23/02/2016

"This is what magnificent theatre looks like..

"The Fame Monster..

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TIC TIC

Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga, , Dunedin

04/05/2010 - 06/10/2012

"Disparate components flow smoothly..

"Quite simply an inspiration..

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Random Acts of God & Other Stories: A Contemporary Cabaret

Christchurch, Nelson

14/12/2010 - 21/10/2011

"The best performance in Nelson Arts Festival 2011..

"Accomplished performers raise questions about power..

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Joseph Harper: The Boy and The Bicycle

Auckland, Wellington

12/10/2011 - 21/10/2011

"Intense yet lyrical, fretted with humour, absorbing and strangely life-affirming..

"Raw, honest and enjoyable..

Hold Onto Your Horses

Dunedin, Christchurch - Canterbury

18/10/2011 - 27/05/2012

"Pleasurably larger-than-life characters..

"Broken community’s issues confronted with style, commitment and sensitivity..

Joseph Harper: Bikes I’ve Owned Versus Girls I’ve Fallen In Love With

Auckland, Wellington

06/05/2011 - 22/10/2011

"Comedy of anguish generously shared..

"Genuinely likeable autobiographical chat..

Yo Future

Wellington

18/10/2011 - 23/10/2011

"Mortality and anarchy loom large..

"Well-wrought, compelling and salutary..

The Hare and The Tortoise

Wellington

08/10/2011 - 22/10/2011

"Wild imagination of school holiday theatre..

"Brains v speed gets a fresh run – plus ‘guess my gripe’..

Spaced Out!

Wellington

10/10/2011 - 22/10/2011

"Wild imagination of school holiday theatre..

"A bit too predetermined?..

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